diabolic
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- adjective
- /ˌdaɪəˈbɑlɪk/
- The villain's diabolic laugh echoed throughout the darkened castle.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd it's just so fucking sad and unnecessary, diabolical and evil.
- And it's just so fucking sad and unnecessary, diabolical and evil.
- And I put these characters in a situation and it's often diabolical and it's often otherworldly.
- If everybody did it, he would still be a broken, empty, evil, diabolical mother fucker.
- This MAGA movement is the most evil, diabolical, toxic movement this country has ever seen.
- Yet to feel envy is human, but to indulge in such malicious joy is fiendish and diabolical.
- Another thing he did, which was, you know, diabolical, is in order to make it that people could not accept Jews as refugees.
Examples
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A rather diabolic plot, to murder a young lady.
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The Grey is but fiction, but wolves are neither the saintly noble beasts nor the diabolic killers that idiot humans like to think they are.
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Clearly, he was the victim of some diabolic mind control.
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- I will not be the instrument of any such diabolic arrangement.
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Mr. Pick's voice is reassuring, though he has a dark, diabolic face.
Fiction book (1991) -
Another thing he did, which was, you know, diabolical, is in order to make it that people could not accept Jews as refugees.
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This MAGA movement is the most evil, diabolical, toxic movement this country has ever seen.
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No pangs of conscience, no fascinating sensation of diabolic accomplishment.
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When I glanced behind, I saw Mudcatt and the butler, smeared in red, climbing over furniture in their diabolic pursuit of me.
Fiction book (1999) -
His diabolic plan to take over the world shocked everyone in the room.
Synonyms
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4.9
Not feeling sorry for others and hurting them on purpose
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4.6
A person or action that is very bad and cruel
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9.0
Extremely cruel and shocking
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8.1
Extremely evil and cruel, as if caused by the devil
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8.8
Very bad and illegal, done to harm people
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8.2
Very evil and cruel, like a devil
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6.1
Very unpleasant and painful, like being in hell
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7.5
Extremely evil and cruel, like something from hell
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8.4
A person who is very cruel and cowardly, often betraying others secretly
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4.4
Being very naughty in a playful, clever way
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7.3
Very bad and cruel, often hurting other people
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6.3
Extremely cruel and evil, like something from hell
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7.9
Being very cruel and evil and making others suffer
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8.3
Very evil and cruel, causing great pain or suffering
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8.4
Looking or sounding dangerous and making you feel afraid
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9.9
Very cruel or wild, as if controlled by an evil spirit
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9.9
Very clever and cruel like a devil
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9.9
Showing clever, cruel behavior like a devil
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
diabolic = diabol + ic
The element 'diabol-' is a non‑transparent combining form (from Latin/Greek for 'devil') that is not a standalone English word and does not map form‑for‑form to 'devil', so learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from familiar English bases.
Etymology
Diabolic comes from the Greek word diabolos, which first meant 'slanderer' and later became the name for the 'devil'. That's why diabolic means extremely evil or cruel — like something a devil would do.